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Civil Beat Reporting Fellow

Bianca Smallwood

Bianca Smallwood is a reporting fellow at Civil Beat. She covers West Oahu, general assignments and produces video content.

Bianca grew up in Waianae and is a graduate of Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. After high school, she attended the University of Hawaii where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the School of Communications. As a student she worked on student newspaper Ka Leo O Hawaii as an associate news editor and helped produce and host the student run news broadcast UHM-TV for KFVE.

Prior to becoming a reporting fellow in March 2018, Bianca worked for a semester as a public affairs intern for Civil Beat and later for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser as a Society of Professional Journalists’ summer intern. She also freelanced for Hawaii Business magazine.

Bianca is a cat-lover and dedicated Marvel fan.

To send her tips or story ideas, email bsmallwood@civilbeat.org, or follow her on Twitter @biancasmallw.

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